"He was outstanding, wasn't he ... he led from the front and he was a large reason why Carlton won."

The Blues host the Western Bulldogs next Saturday and Teague, who also lauded the performances of Ed Curnow, Charlie Curnow, Sam Walsh and Jacob Weitering, was confident they could continue to build momentum.

"Hopefully it instils some belief," Teague said.

"I said to them all week 'I believe in you, I believe in the list we have'. I just needed them to go out there and bring their strengths, and we saw that today.

"To (win) from behind shows that if they just stick to the plan, the belief will grow ... we think we're only going to get better from here on in."